Quantitative analysis of spinothalamic tract neurons in adult and developing mouse

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3193-3204

  Davidson, Steve ^a   Truong, Hai ^a   Giesler, Glenn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

dorsal horn; embryo; neonate; pain; spinal cord; thalamus

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; FLUOROGOLD; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; FLUORESCENT DYE; STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BIRTH; CELL SIZE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; PAIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; STAINING AND LABELING; STILBAMIDINES; THALAMUS;

EID: 77954591032     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22392     Document Type: Article

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